House and the team discuss Daryl’s injuries and bizarre actions, watching the video tape of the incident. House attributes the outburst to steroid rage, but tests reveal he is clean. The team discovers Daryl injects his sore ankles with lidocane every game. Foreman suggests repeated head trauma might lead to damage at the base of the brain leading to the pituitary gland, creating excess hormones causing the rage. House has Taub test Daryl for elevated GNRH in the blood. Daryl’s mother tells Taub Daryl must be able to play in Saturday’s game because talent scouts will be there.

Wilson becomes angry with House when he wakes to find House taking a bath in Wilson’s bathroom. Wilson tells House to use his own bathroom but House says there is no tub in that bathroom and his leg is hurting. House examines a soldier going back to the middle east for a fourth deployment, trying to get out of the tour on a medical discharge because his wife is pregnant. House chides the soldier asking him why he didn’t to to Canada or shoot himself in the foot to avoid deployment?

Tests reveal Daryl’s pituitary is normal but the GNRH is high, indicating steroid use. Daryl denies steroid use and his heart begins to race. House suspects Daryl has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. House orders the team to put Daryl through a treadmill stress test.

House intercepts a call from Foreman’s brother Marcus who is asking for a ride after being released from jail. House knows Foreman is avoiding his brother, so he arranges a ride for Marcus. House decides to hire Marcus as his assistant, knowing it will irritate Foreman, who doesn’t want his brother to work there.

Wilson returns home to find an opossum has gotten into the bathroom and made a mess. Wilson suspects House of retaliation but House says he didn’t do it. Wilson tells House he thinks the real reason House hired Marcus was to help the brothers connect again. House denies he is helping anyone. Chase tells House Daryl’s heartrate never went over 150 on the treadmill and did not induce heart problems. House decides an injection of a vasodilator will do the trick instead.

House finds Daryl packing up to leave the hospital. House notices the palms of Daryl’s hands are turning white. Taub, Thirteen and Chase offer suggestions regarding the symptom, but Foreman thinks Lymphoma fits the symptoms. House orders an ethanol drip to test for Lymphoma or Takayasu. If Daryl becomes itchy, the symptoms indicate Lymphoma and they must remove his spleen. If it is Takayasu, Daryl will lose his radial pulse, indicating steroids for his treatment. Marcus is sent by House to spy on Foreman and Thirteen while they work with Daryl.

The soldier comes back to the hospital with an injured foot. House is shocked to see the soldier has shot himself and one of his toes may need to be amputated. House prescribes antibiotics and tells the soldier he can still be sent back into active duty with nine toes. House decides to take a bath in Wilson’s bathroom to ease the pain in his leg. As House uses the safety rail to get out of the tub it comes off the wall and he falls, gashing his face. Wilson looks perplexed as House confronts him, telling him this is war over the bathroom.

Daryl becomes itchy from the test, indicating Lymphoma. As Chase removes Daryl’s spleen in the operating room he shows Foreman the liver is inflamed. They are wrong about Lymphoma. Foreman tells the team it is not Lymphoma and the team suggests other possible diseases relating to Daryl’s symptoms. House gets the scoop on Foreman’s childhood from Marcus and reveals the news to the team, upsetting Foreman. Foreman tells House Daryl’s blood is clotting, noting with the cold football weather he must have cryoglobulinemia.

House asks Marcus about his jail time. Marcus tells House it is his fault Foreman got in trouble with the law and that Foreman had spent years trying to never disappoint his mother again. House discovers Foreman’s mother died recently and Foreman did not tell anyone on the team about her death. House realizes Wilson did not loosen the safety rail in the bathroom because they did not have the right wrench to loosen it. House and Wilson stay up most of the night to surprise the intruder. Suddenly the overhead sprinklers turn on, soaking them and the apartment. Wilson concedes House would never do anything to harm the big screen TV. House and Wilson decide someone is pranking them.

Daryl decides he must leave to go to the football game even if it means he could die on the field. House reveals to the team that Foreman’s mother died recently. Marcus told House not to upset Foreman by mentioning his mother’s death and quits his job. Foreman accompanies Daryl to the game. Daryl is feeling very ill. Realizing he cannot see, Daryl decides he must go back to the hospital.

Foreman visits his brother Marcus at his halfway house. Foreman asks Marcus to stay with him because family is important. The brothers bond and Marcus asks Foreman’s forgiveness for his past drug use. House notices Daryl did not lose much weight in the hospital, someone his size should have lost more weight. Chase thinks Daryl is creating antibodies to combat cancer, called paraneoplasitc syndrome. House decides Daryl’s dark skin is masking a melanoma, House finds the melanoma between his toes. Treatment will make Daryl well again but he worries what he will do without the scout opportunities football gave him.

House and Wilson go to lunch in the cafeteria. House suddenly trips, spilling his lunch tray. Lucas comes face to face with House and admits to tripping House and pranking he and Wilson in retaliation for buying the condo Cuddy wanted to buy. Cuddy talks to Lucas about pranking House and Wilson and encourages him to ease up on it since it was just a condo she lost.

House sees the soldier being wheeled out of the hospital. Apparently the soldier did not take antibiotics so his foot would become infected and he would not have to go back to war. House is stunned to see the soldier’s foot has been amputated.

Wilson finds House asleep on his couch in his office. Wilson wants to know who House is avoiding by staying in Wilson’s office. House tells Wilson he is avoiding Wibberly, a fellow student from med school. House switched their finals paper to get a better grade from the teacher. Wilson discovers in treatment House was required to write a letter of apology to someone he hurt so he sent Wibberly a letter. Wibberly is interested in meeting with House, who can’t be bothered with him.

Valerie’s co-worker Russ confronts Valerie in her hospital room, accusing her of an affair with him and of drugging him at the meeting so he would be fired. Valerie’s husband is startled by this news and Thirteen gets a bad vibe from Valerie.

The team thinks Russ poisoned Valerie but Thirteen disagrees. Foreman orders Thirteen to go ahead with the beta-blockers prescribed by House. House is seen in Cuddy’s office talking on his cell phone to the team while defacing Cuddy’s framed pictures of her boyfriend Lucas. Wibberly walks into the office, telling House Wilson told him he’d be there. While having coffee together House learns that Wibberly never became a doctor, his switch of papers led to Wibberly failing his final and dropping out of med school. Wibberly tells House he is a grocery bagger, making House feel even guilter than before.

Thirteen suggests Valerie undergo an MRI before receiving the beta-blockers. Thirteen shows Foreman the MRI reveals Valerie is not using the emotional part of her brain, revealing she is a psychopath. House, Thirteen and Foreman confront Valerie who pretends she is innocent but then admits she poisoned Russ to steal his ideas for work. Valerie admits she only married her husband for his money. Thirteen is appalled by her lack of conscience.

House knows there must be a connection between the psychopath and cardiac arrhythmia yet psychopathy is genetic and not a symptom. Foreman thinks Tertiary syphilis fits the symptoms. House tells Thirteen he is ruling out Wilson and Hashimoto’s diseases. Foreman tells House he needs to discipline Thirteen for not following his orders but House tells Foreman that is his job as her supervisor. Cuddy confronts House about her damaged photos, letting him know he cut up the last photo her father took of her. House feels remorse, a new feeling for him.

House, feeling guilty, decides to visit Wibberly at home. He discovers Wibberly is packing up his house, his bills for his father’s health care means he can’t pay his mortgage. Thirteen and Taub test Valerie for syphilis. Valerie threatens Thirteen if she tells her husband the truth about her she will have Thirteen fired. Thirteen moves Valerie’s arm to administer a test and Valerie’s arm is broken.

Tests reveal Valerie’s bones are brittle. Syphilis is ruled out so Foreman is leaning towards lymphoma. House orders radiotherapy treatment. House reprimands Thirteen and Foreman who continue to argue at work since they have broken up. Thirteen suggests to Valerie’s husband he check on her landscaping class to see if they used toxins, which will reveal Valerie was lying to her husband about attending classes. As House administers a radiotherapy session, Valerie goads him about being like her, without a conscience. When Valerie’s husband confronts her about her class, Valerie makes up another lie to cover her tracks. Valerie asks Cuddy to fire Thirteen or she will sue the hospital. Cuddy is not impressed with the threat but tells Valerie Thirteen is off Valerie’s case to placate her. Valerie calls the medical board and reports Thirteen. Thirteen confronts Valerie in front of her husband and Foreman, who tells Thirteen to leave the room. After a heated argument Foreman appologizes to Thirteen for firing her and hopes they can work together again.

After being paged Foreman rushes to Valerie’s room and finds her covered in blood. Valerie’s liver is failing and blood is spilling into her esophagus, she is rushed to the operating room. The team decides Valerie needs a liver transplant but cannot provide one without a diagnosis.

Wilson finds House writing a check to cover Wibberly’s mortgage. Wilson hammers House about apologizing to Cuddy, who was in love with House for years but instead House treated her badly. Wilson thinks it is easier for House to be kind to a stranger than to apologize to Cuddy, someone he really cares about.

Thirteen finds out Valerie’s estranged sister has been tested for a liver transplant. Thirteen discovers Valerie changed in personality during puberty after a horrific childhood with an abusive father. Thirteen realizes Valerie’s raw food diet include nuts which are high in copper and have awakened the dormant symptoms of Wilson’s disease in her. House and Thirteen test nail polish remover on Valerie’s finger and her nail turns blue, proving Valerie cannot process copper. House starts Valerie on Chelation therapy. Thirteen tells Valerie’s husband she may change with the therapy but chances are she will remain uncaring and continue to use him for his money. Valerie’s husband thinks his love is enough for the both of them.

House visits Wibberly to give him a check face-to-face. Wibberly refuses the check, telling House he got an A+ on the paper and didn’t drop out of med school, instead he became an orthopedic surgeon but ruined his career with a gambling problem. Wibberly thought House would still be a bastard and is surprised by his generosity, but says no to the check.

Valerie’s health improves with treatment and she will eventually be ready for a liver transplant. Thirteen watches as Valerie’s husband sits by her side but Valerie rejects him to drive him away from the marriage, as he walks away she begins to cry. Thirteen realizes Valerie is feeling remorse and her personality has changed for the good from the treatment. Thirteen seeks out Foreman to mend their relationship, helping him decipher Taub’s written notes for Foreman’s report.

House visits Cuddy’s office to apologize to her, but finds her talking with Lucas and leaves. House visits Wibberly’s home, dropping the check he wrote through the mail slot to help Wibberly pay his mortgage.

House meets with the team to discuss Mickey’s case. After discussing the symptoms House decides Mickey has loud noise-induced vertigo and asks the team to run a hearing test on him. House suspects Mickey and his associate are drug dealers and wonders if his work activities are causing his problems. During a casual work conversation Foreman finds out Thirteen and Taub make more money than he does. Thinking he deserves more money than the rest of the team as their supervisor, Foreman is determined to confront Cuddy about the issue.

Wilson is talking with his new neighbor Nora at his condo building. Wilson asks Nora out and she suggests he bring along House. To Wilson’s dismay Nora thinks House and Wilson are a gay couple. As Taub and Foreman test Mickey’s hearing he convulses. House and the team discuss Mickey’s case and decide he has high blood pressure. Thirteen suggests they test his carotid arteries for blockage. Mickey decides to get himself discharged because a big drug deal is going down soon. Mickey will not tell the team where he lives or anything about his personal history. When his artery tests come back negative, House tells Thirteen and Chase to follow Mickey to see where he lives. House believes Mickey is suffering from toxic exposure and a survey of his home may provide clues in the case.

Mickey shakes Thirteen as she and Chase are pulled over after Thirteen runs a red light while chasing Mickey. Eddie brings Mickey back to the hospital emergency room after Mickey develops a high fever. House discusses Mickey’s illness with Eddie and talks in code about their illegal profession in order to get information from Eddie to help Mickey. House meets Nora in the lobby of their condo complex. As House tells Nora he and Wilson aren’t gay, a giant framed picture of the musical “A Chorus Line” arrives for House and Wilson. House pretends to be gay to get close to Nora. Wilson confronts House about his method of getting close to Nora. House admits he likes Nora and will compete with Wilson for her attention. Eddie agrees to take Thirteen to the dry cleaners where Mickey has been staying, a front for drug activity, to test the cocaine they are selling which might show what is making Mickey ill.

After Foreman finds out Chase makes more than him as well, Foreman tells Cuddy he is making less than the team and wants a raise. Cuddy denies him a raise. Foreman admits to Taub he has no real job offer, he was pretending in order to change Cuddy’s mind. Foreman tells Taub after this case, he plans to leave his job. Thirteen, Taub and Chase are concerned about Foreman’s news. They discuss Foreman’s dilema and decide they may have gone too far pranking Foreman about making more money than he does. Chase feels guilty and suggests they come clean to Foreman.

The team does a lumbar puncture on Mickey’s back for more tests. Mickey confesses to House that he has been taking beta-blocker pills for his nerves. House orders an MRI of Mickey’s adrenal glands to check for Pheochromocytoma. Wilson arrives home at the condo to find Nora giving House a shoulder massage. They offer Wilson some chinese food and wine. Wilson thinks a moment then agrees to join in, ruining House’s plans with Nora.

House hears voices from the surveillance bug he placed in Mickey’s room. Realizing there is a second surveillance bug in place in the hospital room, House visits Mickey. House tells Mickey he knows he is an undercover cop. Mickey admits he has been undercover for 16 months to bust the drug gang with a major drug deal in the next 24 hours. Mickey begs House not to reveal anything to Eddie so he can work the cocaine drug bust.

House and Nora are at dinner in a fine dining restaurant. House pretends to need Nora’s shoulder to lean on because as he has told her, his relationship with Wilson is not going well. Wilson shows up and proceeds to get on one knee announcing to the entire restaurant his marriage proposal to House. Stunned but impressed by Wilson’s ingenuity, House is speechless as Nora decides to leave the two love birds alone.

Mickey has a GI infarction from a clot in his artery and starts throwing up blood. Thirteen, Chase and Taub runs tests on the cocaine Thirteen brought back from the dry cleaners. Chase tells the team that Mickey has aneurysms in his lungs. They start him on antifungal medicine in case the problem is caused by a fungus. Mickey and Eddie share some time together. Eddie tells Mickey he is his friend but Mickey lets Eddie walk into the drug bust anyway.

A guilty Taub, Chase and Thirteen visit Cuddy and ask that she take part of their salary to boost Foreman’s so he doesn’t leave his job. Cuddy tells them she has no idea what they are talking about. As they leave Cuddy’s office a smiling Foreman lets them know they have been pranked by him.

House asks Nora to come to his office. House confesses to Nora that he was only pretending to be gay to get her in bed. House tells Nora she should go out with Wilson and that he is a good guy. Nora leaves disgusted by House’s admission. House has a realization that Mickey’s aneurysms are inflammatory not fungal. Mickey’s condition deteriorates as House tells him he has Hughes-Stovin, an untreatable autoimmune disease. When Mickey realizes he is going to die soon he asks to call his wife. Mickey’s wife lays in bed with Mickey as he is dying. Eddie and the rest of the drug gang are busted by the cops. Mickey dies as his wife is by his side.

House compliments Foreman on his success pranking the rest of the team. House and Wilson sit on the recliners House ordered with the huge “A Chorus Line” poster staring them in the face. Wilson hates the recliners and tells House he will sing from “A Chorus Line” until he gets rid of them. As Wilson sings to torture House, a disgruntled House grimaces in pain from the show tunes.

Cuddy runs into House at work and gives him the Sidas case. House is acting very nice, which makes Cuddy suspicious. House hints at Thanksgiving, asking her what her plans are. Taub, Thirteen, Foreman and Chase meet with House to discuss the Sidas case. They note that Jimmy changed his career from a known scientist to courier, an odd choice for a genius. They suspect a diagnosis of TTP. House orders blood tests taken.

Foreman and Chase discuss the case. Foreman asks Chase about Cameron and Chase evades the conversation saying he is fine. The team meets with Jimmy who states he chose to be a courier because he can spend more time with his wife and kid, life is happier that way. Taub and Thirteen are given the task of tests and find TTP as they suspected.

Jimmy has an allergy so the doctors cannot treat him with plasmapherresis for TTP. House and the team agree that because of the allergy, the next step is to remove Jimmy’s spleen. House visits Wilson and tells him he is working on getting an invitation to Cuddy’s sister’s house for Thanksgiving. House plans to break up Cuddy and Lucas. Wilson warns him against drama at the Thanksgiving dinner and chooses not to help in the plot.

After the splenectomy, Chase meets with Jimmy and his wife to discuss when Jimmy can leave the hospital. Jimmy begins talking nonsense and mentioning colors. Chase realizes Jimmy is having a stroke and calls for help. The team meets with House to discuss Jimmy’s condition. Chase tells them Jimmy has no long term effects from the stroke. House asks the team what acts like TTP. House sends Taub and Chase to Jimmy’s house to investigate if possible toxins are present. They find a hidden Vodka bottle, pointing to alcohol problems. Taub invites Chase to Thanksgiving dinner and Chase declines, becoming irritated so many of the team are questioning him about Cameron. They find elaborate scientific notes on atoms and are surprised again how Jimmy can throw away his career.

House parries with Cuddy again, hinting for an invitation. Cuddy finally invites House to Thanksgiving dinner. House tells Wilson he got his invitation and his plan to break up Cuddy and Lucas is working. The team decides Jimmy’s symptoms point to liver failure. Taub and Thirteen are stuck on Thanksgiving day running tests to check Jimmy’s liver. House arrives at Cuddy’s sister’s house only to find that Cuddy, Lucas and her family are out of town. House is stunned and upset that Cuddy would dupe him.

Lucas arrives at home to find House has used his extra key to get into his apartment. House appears drunk and rambles about Cuddy. House tries to stand up and starts to fall, with Lucas catching him. House reveals to Lucas he is in love with Cuddy. House calls in sick for the day. The team thinks Jimmy may be in kidney failure and set him up for dialysis. Thirteen asks Chase about Cameron and Chase evades her questions. Cuddy visits House at home and asks him what he said to Lucas. Cuddy tells House she and Lucas broke up because of his conversation with Lucas and she will never have a relationship with House. When Wilson arrives home House is giddy telling him Lucas fell for his sob story and he succeeded in breaking up Cuddy and Lucas.

Jimmy completes his kidney dialysis and is feeling better. Jimmy coughs and mentions needing cough syrup. As Jimmy draws a scientific diagram his wife is impressed. House confronts Jimmy and tells him he is “Robo tripping” to dumb himself down, a term used for abuse of cough syrup, with a shot of alcohol to keep a lower level of brain damage from occurring. Jimmy admits his addiction to his wife and House. Suddenly Jimmy cannot feel anything in his legs and panics.

Taub and his wife have a conversation about his job with the team. Taub’s wife calls him a wimp for going back to grub work instead of running his own office. House talks to the team, getting suggestions for a diagnosis. House goads Chase saying he is not working as hard as the rest of the team. Chase stands up, walks over to House and punches House in the face, knocking him to the floor. As House staggers back to his feet Chase leaves. Taub asks House if he can take a phone photo of him beat up and House says why not.

Jimmy confides to House that life is easier if he is stoned. Jimmy tells House his IQ is 91 points above his wife’s IQ. If he isn’t stoned he finds it impossible to want to stay with her. Jimmy tells House his own genius moved him to suicide, jumping off a building twelve years ago and breaking three ribs. House realizes the ribs may never have healed and orders an MRI. The MRI reveals rib pieces that have split his spleen into sixteen pieces. Removing the spleen pieces will resolve his medical condition. Jimmy tells House his genius is a curse to him, recognizing House is a genius and can relate. House finds Jimmy some cough syrup to help him cope.

Chase finds House and apologizes for his injuries. House tells Chase he probably deserved it. They have a meeting of the minds with no charges against Chase. Cuddy visits House at home and asks about charges for the Chase incident. House tells Cuddy there are no charges, he fell over an ottoman and Chase helped him. Cuddy is dubious about House and Chase’s actions. House finds Cuddy at the hospital and offers tickets for her and her daughter to go to a petting zoo. Cuddy says no thanks. House knows Cuddy didn’t break up with Lucas. Cuddy meets Lucas at home and tells him House knows they didn’t break up.

Taub arrives at home and shows his wife the camera photo of House. Taub’s wife asks if Taub hit House and he says yes, he made him angry so he punched him out. Taub’s wife is suddenly impressed with Taub standing up to House.

Wilson gets ready for a weekend pharmacology conference. Part of House’s rehab is staying with Wilson and Wilson expects House to go to the conference with him. House says no to the conference until he finds out Cuddy is going. Wilson sits with one of his patients who is suffering through the end stage of cancer.

Jordan is being examined by Foreman and Chase. House says Jordon has Rhabdo after putting her through a drumming test and evaluating her arm strength. House tells Foreman and Chase Jordan is lying about what happened the night before, states her potassium levels are low and orders tests for Rhabdo. During the lab tests Chase admits to Foreman his marriage may be in trouble.

Jordan continues to stick by her story. Phoebe and Jordon finally admit they went to the concert because they are major fans of Keener, the creator of a comic book series who attended the concert and party. The girls followed Keener around the hotel spying on his activities. Foreman wonders if food is the problem. Cameron takes samples of the food the girls ate at the concert party. Cameron thinks bulimia might explain Jordan’s symptoms.

Wilson and House pick up Cuddy and her child on the way to the conference. Wilson is scheduled to give a talk at the conference and House wonders why Wilson did not ask for his advice by reading his paper as he has always done before. Jordan’s parents arrive at the hospital, it is clear her wealthy parents are usually off on business and rarely home with her. Jordan continues to lie about what happened at the hotel. Shortly after her parent’s arrival Jordan goes into cardiac arrest. The team calls House who believes Jordan’s condition is acute and not chronic, limiting her illness to toxins and infection.

Cameron meets with Keener at the hotel and asks what went on with the girls. Keener tells Cameron they followed him around the hotel but that was the extent of his contact with them. Jordan is bleeding into her brain affecting her thalamus. Foreman tells Phoebe because of the bleeding into her brain, whatever Jordan says to her or anyone else is a lie. Phoebe admits that Jordon left their hotel room during the night and she is not sure where she went.

The conference is holding an 80’s themed party. The doctors are dressed in costume; Cuddy dresses in a Flashdance 80’s style. House appears dressed in an 1780s costume complete with powdered wig. House and Cuddy slow dance to an 80’s tune. House admits to Cuddy even back in medical school he was interested in her. Cuddy leaves the party abruptly. Wilson asks Cuddy about the party the next day and Cuddy tells him she needs someone more stable than House in her life because she is a mother now.

Wilson gets a call telling him his cancer patient died. Wilson tells House about his conversation with Cuddy and suggests House offer to be more reliable by babysitting for Cuddy while she attends sessions. After House finds out Wilson’s paper is on euthanasia, he insists Wilson’s talk would be professional suicide and tells Wilson he must cancel his talk.

The team views the hotel security video, showing Jordan getting on the elevator with Keener. Cameron and Foreman confront Keener who continues to insist he had no contact with Jordan. Jordan begins bleeding from her kidneys and Cameron suspects Keener gave her drugs and seduced her. Cameron suggests using a truth serum on Jordan. Chase and Cameron clash over the treatment of Jordan and their personal problems.

House pours Wilson a laced fruit drink to keep him from making his talk at the conference. House goes to Cuddy’s hotel room to offer his babysitting services. As Cuddy makes an excuse House hears the baby cry and sees Lucas, the private detective House hired previously, holding the baby. House realizes Cuddy is dating Lucas and leaves.

Jordon tells the doctors and her parents Keener drugged and seduced her. From House’s advice on the case Foreman can tell Jordan is lying. The brain bleed gets worse as blood trickles from Jordan’s ear and Jordan is dying. The team tests Jordan for Rickettsia, a disease she may have caught from Keener’s dog.

House gives Wilson’s talk in his place since he’s already impersonating another doctor to gain entry to the conference. Wilson arrives groggy from the drugs and confronts House, who tells Wilson he should not feel guilty since did everything possible for his cancer patient. Wilson appreciates House’s support but not his methods.

House calls the team, telling them Jordan’s blood is what is killing her. Jordan has Hemochromatosis, eating fresh oysters at the restaurant caused Vibrio vulnificus, and the iron supplements she took for bulimia caused her internal bleeding. The team successfully treats Jordan with ceftazidime for the Vibrio and chelated for the Hemochromatosis. As Jordan begins to feel better she confesses to Cameron she wasn’t brave enough to knock on Keener’s door, leaving the journal at the door instead. Cameron realizes she was wrong about Keener.

House and Wilson sit awkwardly with Cuddy, Lucas and the baby at a restaurant to learn about their relationship. At home, Cameron asks Chase what is going on with him. Chase tells her he is not having an affair. Chase finally gets the courage to tell Cameron about his role in Dibala’s death.

Cameron feels Jack’s abdomen finding a hard mass in his colon and tests Jack for Hirschsprung’s congenital disorder. As Jack improves from treatment he suddenly has a violent seizure. Jack is rushed to the operating room so Chase can drill a hole in his skull to relieve pressure. Once again the doctors are perplexed by Jack’s condition and go over his MRI test. Foreman sees a separation of the lining of the skull. House tells Foreman good catch on the lining and orders a dural biopsy to test for brain cancer.

Thirteen is riding in a cab headed to the airport for her trip to Asia when she discovers her plane ticket has been cancelled. Frustrated, Thirteen confronts House who swears he did not cancel the plane tickets and tells Thirteen she is a talented doctor, asking her to come back to work. She declines. House asks Foreman if he cancelled Thirteen’s reservation and he says he didn’t.

While trying to cover their tracks on the Dibala case Foreman runs into a glaring problem showing differences in Dibala’s blood cholesterol readings and the blood Chase used from the morgue. Chase’s anxiety leads Cameron to question Chase about what he is keeping from her, Chase admits there were errors but doesn’t tell her the truth about the case.

With Jack’s test for brain cancer negative House suggests the cancer is somewhere else. Randall believes this is all his fault, if he was not so wealthy and gave up his money his son would get better. Jack has another seizure, leading the team to consider abdominal epilepsy instead of cancer.

Cameron shows House red marks on Jack’s chest, a new symptom of his disease. House starts treatment for polyarteritis nodosa then realizes it is Degos, an incurable disease. House gives Randall the bad news about his son and says he has only a day left to live.

Chase researches all night about the Dibala case and in the morning. House watches Chase leave the room as decides he needs to confess to Cuddy. Chase’s confession is cut short as Cuddy is too busy to be concerned with what she thinks is a minor error in the case. Cuddy discovers Randall gathers all his business associates around Jack’s hospital bed to sign away his wealth hoping Jack will be saved. House tells Randall its not his fault, but Randall signs the papers anyway when suddenly Jack starts to flatline.

Thirteen confronts Wilson, discovering his IP address has been traced to the email cancellation of her airline ticket. Wilson says he didn’t cancel her tickets. He tells Thirteen House needs her and Foreman needs her but she refuses to come back to the hospital. Wilson suspects House cancelled her ticket.

House has a realization about Jack’s heart condition and treats him for primary antiphospholipid syndrome. House acts human and encourages Foreman to convince Thirteen to stay for their relationship’s sake. Foreman decides not to stop Thirteen from leaving. House reads a headline in the newspaper about Randall’s bankruptcy. Houses sees Randall and his son Jack at the hospital, Jack recovers and is finally getting well.

Chase finds a report about Dibala on his desk that wasn’t there before. The test shows cholesterol supplements prescribed by a previous doctor, giving Foreman a way to justify the difference in cholesterol levels. Chase finds House, knowing he is responsible for the new report and is grateful, stating House will always be in charge of the medical team.

Cameron wakes up alone in bed, realizing Chase is already at work. Chase listens intently as Foreman discusses the Dibala case at the Morbidity and Mortality conference. Thirteen boards the plane ready to leave her problems behind her.